Caption by Ashmar Mandou

On Tuesday evening in downtown, Refuse Fascism Chicago, Freedom First International, and other community activists protested President Trump’s 2019 State of the Union address amid his announcement to declare a national emergency or begin a new government shutdown. A few hours prior to the Union address, activists marched to Trump Tower, saying “To the world’s migrants and all of humanity, we refuse to accept a fascist America! The Trump/Pence regime must go!” The activists mobilizing for the protest on Tuesday argue, “Fascism can come to power through the ballot box but fascism cannot be voted out — the people must drive it from power.” RefuseFascism.org is a movement of people coming from diverse perspectives, united in their recognition that the “Trump/Pence Regime poses a catastrophic danger to humanity and the planet, and that it is their responsibility to drive them from power through massive nonviolent political protest.”

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